Garment-supporter.



PATENTED JUNE 11,1907.

'0. B. GOLDSMITH. GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22, 1907.

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PATENTED JUNE 11. 1907. G. B. GOLDSMITH. GARMENT SUPPORTER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22. 1907.

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CHARLES B. GOLDSMITH, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented June 11, 1907.

Application filed March 2, 1907. Serial meaasso.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. GOLD- SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain improvements in garment supporters, but more particularly relates to that class of such devices whose function is to prevent a womans shirt.

waist from riding upwardly and at the same time to afford a proper support for a skirt.

My invention consists of the novel combination of parts and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and then particularly pointed out in the claims which conclude this application.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is an elevation of the inner face of my improvementFig. 2 an elevation showing my improvement in proper position around a shirt waist-Fig. 3 a section at the line {I}, at, of Fig. 2-Fig. 4 an elevation showing my improvement in proper position with respect to the shirt waist and skirtFig. 5 a section at the line y, y, of Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 a detail perspective illustrating a modified form of back stri similar numbers of reference denote like parts in the several figures of the drawing.

The object of my improvement is to provide means for holding a shirt waist and supporting a skirt without the use of any pins or analogous devices, while at the same time the construction and application of my improvement are such that the latter may remain permanently on the shirt waist when the lat ter is removed from the person of the wearer.

1 is a back strip made of thin metal and provided at its ends with hooks 2, 3, the central portion of this strip being preferably cut away so as to provide a horizontally disposed elongated slot 4. 5 are plates which are hinged to said strip by passing the hooks 2, 3, through vertically disposed slots 6 in said plates, one of these hooks being preferably curled around the strip to afford a permanent connection while the other of said hooks is left open so that it can readily be detached from the plate to which it is connected. 7 are studs or buttons which are secured to said plates and project from the rear faces thereof, and 8 are tapes secured to the outer side edges of these plates, one of said tapes being provided at its end with a buckle 9 so that the device may readily be secured around the waist of the wearer. 10 are tapes which depend from the bottom edges of said plates, and to the lower ends of these tapes are secured clamps which co-operate with the buttons in order to secure the shirt waist when the latter is interposed between said clamps and buttons as will be presently set forth. These clamps are preferably made from wire having loops 11 at the upper ends through which the tapes 10 are secured and terminating in legs 12, 13, which diverge, the legs 12 having formed therewith hooks 14 which engage over the opposite legs 13 when the clamps are in closed condition.

The operation of my improvement is as follows After the shirt waist 15 is on the per. son of the wearer, my improvement is secured around the wearers waist, with the buttons or studs projecting inwardly against the shirt waist; the clamps are then passed beneath the shirt waist and the buttons inserted in the space between the legs 12, 13, the latter being then compressed until the hooks 14 are engaged over the legs 13 with the fabric of the shirt waist interposed between the buttons and these clamping legs so that it will be readily understood that the shirt waist will be securely held in position.

The band 16 of the skirt 17 is preferably provided with hooks 18 which may be engaged over the lower wall of the slot 4, whereby the skirt will be properly supported. In case the band of the skirt is not provided with these hooks, I can employ, instead of the back strip shown at Fig. 1, the back strip 19 shown at Fig. 6 which is the same as the strip shown at Fig. 1 with the exception that from the lower edge of the slot 20 of the device shown at Fig. 6, I provide laterally and upwardly projecting points 21, so that when the device is in position around the waist of the wearer the skirt may be secured by simply engaging the belt thereof With these points.

7 I prefer, however, the construction shown at Fig. 1 since it contains no sharp points or penetrating devices whatsoever, and in this connection I desire to emphasize the fact, hereinbefore referred to, that in my improvement there are no pin or other analogous contrivances.

In the instance of shirt waists which button in front, my improvement can be left attached to the waist after the latter has been removed from the person of the wearer, and,

moreover, in such instance, my device may I also, in such instance, when it becomes neces sary to remove the shirt waist, this hook 2 is detached in. the same manner.'

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire-to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A device of the character described, comprising a metallic back strip, metal plates hinged to the ends of said strip and carrying studs projecting from one face of said plates, flexible'tapes secured to the outer edges of said plates whereby the device may be secured around the waist of the wearer, and clamping members depending by flexible connections from the lower edges of said plates and adapted to co-operate with said studs to clamp the interposed shirt waist 2. A device of the character described, comprising a metallic back strip, metal plates attachedto the ends of said strip and carrying studs one of said plates being capable of detachment from said strip, flexible tapes secured to the outer edges of said plates whereby the device may be secured around the waist of the wearer, tapes depending from the lower edges of said plates, and clamping members secured at their upper ends to these last mentioned tapes and terminating in diverging legs one of which carries a hook, whereby said clamping members may be placed around said studs with the fabric of the shirt waist interposed and secured in this position by engaging said hooks with the opposite legs of said clamping members.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a metallic back strip having in its vcentral portion an elongated horizontally disposed slot and terminating at its ends in hooks, metal plates having in their sides vertically disposed slots with which said hooks are engaged in hinged connections, studs projecting from the inner faces of said plates, tapes secured to said plates and capable of attachment around the person of the wearer,

tapes depending from said plates, and clamping members having loops at their inner ends through which said last mentioned tapes are secured the lower ends of said members terminating in diverging legs one of which carries a hook,

In testimony whereof I afhx my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES B. GOLDSMITH. Witnesses r F. W. SMITH, Jr., M. T. LONGDEN. 

